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How Did I Die by Einstürzende Neubauten

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Chords:
Cm2: x3553x
A5:  x022xx



Intro (0:00)

C A C A



Verse (0:12)
C                A
I was in a crater
C                    A
Pockmarked fields on either side
   C                      A
I was meant to be all safe
Cm2
How did I die?
A5
How did I die?
A
Or didn?t I?

Verse (0:43)

C               A
Un sursaut, une crispation,
C            A
Mon corps soudain
C                         A  
Comme voulant s?engloutir dans la terre.
Cm2
How did I die?
A5
How did I die?
    G          
Or didn?t I?
D#       G       A  A
Didn?t I die at all?



Verse (1:20)

C                   A
I fell into a ditch
C                A
Inside an A7V
C                 
On the end facing
A
Mephisto is it's name
Cm2
How did I die?
A5
How did I die?
A
Or didn?t I?



Verse (1:49)

C                    A
Ein schwarzes Biest
C               A
Ein Splitterregen
            C
Über den Bäumen zerspringt
 A
Und niedergeht
Cm2
How did I die?
A5
How did I die?
G
Or didn?t I?
D#       G       A    A
Didn?t I die at all?



Break (2:26)

C A C A 
C A C A 
Cm2 G A A



Bridge (3:04)

C                               A
Now there is only that sinister brown belt
               C 
A strip of murdered Nature. 
A
It seems to belong to another world
C                                 A
Every sign of humanity has been swept away 
             C
The woods and roads have vanished 
           A
Like chalk wiped from a board 
C
Of the villages nothing remains but gray smears 
A
Where stone walls have tumbled together. 
C           A
A confused mass of troubled earth. 
C                      A
Columns of muddy smoke spurt up continually as
 C                             A                     C A 
High explosives tear deeper into this ulcered area.



Break (3:53)

Cm2
How did I die?
C
I fell from the sky
A
Or didn?t I?



Verse (4:04)

C                       A
I filled my mouth with water
         C                 A
So the bullet could suceed
C
How did I die?
A
How did I die?
Cm2
Did I die by my own hand?
A5
Or didn?t I?
G
How did I die?
D#       G       A      AC
Or didn?t I die at all?



Break (4:40)

A F G A 
A F G A 



Verse (5:02)

A
How did we die?
    F
Or didn?t we?
G                     A
Didn?t we die at all?
A
We didn't die
     F
We didn?t die
        G                       A   A F G A 
We are back with a different song



Verse (5:34)
          A
We didn?t die
           F
We didn?t die
           G                     A
We?re just singing a different song
       A                        F
We are back with a change of weather
              G               A      A F G A 
Ein anderer Wind, ein neues Lied



Verse (6:06)

           A
We didn?t die
           F
We didn?t die
      G                   A
We give you a different song
A                 F
Okookookookooskrookookookookoo
    G                    A
The difference is in the song
A                 F
Okookookookooskrookookookookoo
G                     A
Difference makes the song




Outro (6:38)

          A
We didn?t die
          F
We didn?t die
          G
We didn?t die
          A

How Did I Die Chords Info

Last Updated: September 10, 2025

Chords: Cm2, A5, C, A, G, D#, F